October 4, 2004: The dark, twisted glories of folk, as espoused by Sharron Kraus.

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Artist

Track

Album

Label

Special

Luciano Cilio

"Della Conocenza"

Dell' Universo Assente

DIE SCHACHTEL (ITALY)

State River Widening

"Unspinning"

Cottonhead

Vertical Form

Tara Jane O'Neil

"Take the Waking"

You Sound, Reflect

Quarterstick

Lhasa

"Anywhere On This Road"

The Living Road

Nettwerk

John Abercrombie

"Descending Grace"

Class Trip

ECM

Extradition

"A Moon Song"

Hush

Vicious Sloth

Robbie Basho

"Salangadou"

Robbie Basho Sings

Takoma

Laura Veirs

"Rapture

Carbon Glacier

Nonesuch

Black Forest/Black Sea

"Tampere"

Radiant Symmetry

Last Visible Dog

Pothole Skinny

"In Observance of Old Scars"

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Perhaps Transparent

Live performance by Sharron Kraus
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Dark folk for the new Milennium is what Sharron Kraus does best. Her latest, "Songs of Love and Loss" falls perfectly into the dark hole of sweet melancholia. Sharron's been hanging out with bands Black Forest/Black Sea and Espers, and is about to embark on a European tour with Fursaxa. She's been snagged with guitar and banjo in hand, recorded live in all her dark glory for WFMU.